We read with great interest the article by Kongtus h Choovongkomol et al titled “Incidence
and Associated Factors for Kyphosis Progression in Short-Segment Fixation Thoracolumbar …

Background The thoracolumbar spine is the most frequently affected portion of the spine
during fractures. In surgical management, short-segment fixation is the treatment of choice …

We read with great interest the paper by Julia Crim et al. entitled Thoracic and lumbar spine
trauma classification systems to fail to predict post-traumatic kyphotic deformity (PTK)[1]. The …

Introduction The use of intermediate screws in fractured vertebrae has been proposed to
decrease the number of fused levels in thoracolumbar fractures and to enable short …

As properly pointed in the letter to the editor, the original load-sharing classification
proposes the use of the amount of corrected traumatic kyphosis (ie pre-operative kyphosis …

We were interested to read the grand rounds Mattei et al.[''Progressive kyphotic deformity in
comminuted burst fractures treated non-operatively: the Achilles tendon of the …

Methods The trauma registry records of two level 1 trauma centers using ICD-9 codes for
fracture to the thoracolumbar juncture (T10 to L2 region) were reviewed. Kyphosis angle …

Objective To analyze the risk factors of recurrent kyphosis after removal of short segmental
pedicle screw fixation in patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures. Methods Retrospective …

TO THE EDITOR: We are very interested in the recently published article by Joaquim et al. 1
(Joaquim AF, Ghizoni E, Tedeschi H, et al: Clinical results of patient s with thoracolumbar …

To The Editor, Global Spine Journal We have read with great interest the recent article
published by Tang ZL et al in this journal regarding the effect of pedicle subtraction …